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Daily tips, tools and blog posts for leaders and their teams. Daily posts since January 2014. The Teams365 blog is brought to you by Jennifer Britton, founder of Potentials Realized, and author of Effective Group Coaching and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching.

Silence is the element in which great things fasten themselves together - Thomas Carlyle

I llove today's quote as it is truly reflective of some of the intentional space I try to cultivate in the work I do with teams, leaders, and also in my own professional practice. Many of us operate in a context where silence is at a premium or is non-existent. As Thomas Carlyle writes, it is an essential element for fusion, synthesis and connection.

Where are you able to create more moments of silence or what I call "pause points"?What recent examples do you have where silence has allowed for new thinking, insights or action?How much more silence would you like to bring into your week?

One of the lessons for me so far this summer post-surgery has been the importance of taking down the pace to do more strategic thinking and creative work. While it was not easy to even clear my calendar and took weeks of many long days, it's been worth it.

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Jennifer Britton - Known for her writing and work in the areas of teamwork, leadership, team and group coaching, Jenn is the founder of Potentials Realized, and a former team leader with global organizations including the UN. She is passionate about helping teams and organizations to do their best work. Potentials Realized is a performance improvement company providing training, coaching and facilitation services.

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